About the Department

The Department of Mathematics is principally an undergraduate department with six faculty members and about 40 undergraduate majors.  Women and minority students are well represented among our math majors.

We have strong ties with other departments:

• Many math majors choose a second major, like physics, computer      science, or English.

• The Mathematics and Physics Departments meet every Friday at noon for guest lectures and student research presentations.

• We offer three courses with a biology orientation:  Calculus I, Calculus II, Mathematical Modeling in Biology.
• We participate in the Behavioral Neuroscience program by providing a mathematics track.

The faculty and students are active in research.  For example:

• Students have also collaborated with Mathematics professor Dr. Joon Hyuk Kang and coauthored professional papers with him.
• Mathematics professor Shandelle Henson and Biology professor Jim Hayward have been studying the behavior of seagulls.  Many students have participated in their research projects.
• Some of our students have participated in summer undergraduate research programs at other universities and presented talks about their projects.